Is time from another change and if you are a Mortiis fan you should get used to this as he already moved from his personal medieval/cosmic rock long suites to the electro e.b.m. version of "Smell of rain". This new, THE GRUDGE, is another step ahead toward a sort of post industrial metal already experimented by bands like Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, etc. So, what's going on about Mortiis this time? Well, first of all, he have a proper band with himself (Vocals, Synths, Programming, Sound Design), Levi Gawron, (Guitar), Asmund Sveinunggard (Guitar) and Leo Troy (Drums). Second: even if musically he embraced a genre already explored and exploited by tons of bands also present on Mtv and on various charts, THE GRUDGE hasn't lost completely the Mortiis touch as on various tracks (see the opening "Broken skin" or "The worst in me", "Twist the knife", "The loneliest thing" and the closing instrumental "Asthma") there still are traces of his synth work with reflective moments. Certanly, you've got to dig a little but to discover those traces, because most of the tracks are intense, distorted and upbeat: something that Mortiis have never been. Saturation is the new way to go, musically each track is a potential single and even if this could make the old fans sigh, new fans are on the way, because you can't ignore this album which will be released the second week of September.